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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

 

The Tale of The Old Prospector
Many Moons ago in the old West many a young man went west to mine the California Hills got there as young men , worked a lifetime growing old hoping for the big strike 'the Mother Load , to see gold at the end of the tunnel only for a big mining corporation to come in at the very end of and jump his claim and have all that now old Prospector worked for.When i was growing up there was a Gas station "Gus'' who worked hard never worked other than in the costumers interest a Rare Honest Mechanic His shop was located on Maine Street Flushing not far from Booth Memorial Hospital he heard of a new development being built "CARLISLE TOWERS" He worked and suffered in the muck & meyer of the construction around the prerfeare of his station with blocked streets , barly eiking out a living only for the oil company to pull his lease when the construction was over and never saw the pot of gold at the end of the tunnel someone who never sufferded and got his hand s dirty , walked into a gold mine. the createrof Superman Comic book rever reaped the fortune that Hollywood made from his creation . Well I helped make competitive eating the sport it is today. Iam that oldprospector . Iam that gas station mechanic . am the orignator of superman . Its nice to have new people follow in your footsteps but I never worked my tail off so the eaters of today can reap the pot of gold in the sport that I helped define and shape and glory of the seed that I sowed.and thats the way Ifeel..Don Lerman

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